ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 28
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
705 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN AND EASTERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 705 PM UNTIL
200 AM EST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 125
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF ROME GEORGIA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 26. WATCH NUMBER 26 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 705 PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 27...

DISCUSSION...N GA CONVECTIVE CLUSTER WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ESE THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS LIKELY INVOF OUTFLOW BNDRY LEFT BY PREVIOUS CLUSTER NOW S OF
AGS. OTHER STORMS/SUPERCELLS MAY CONTINUE TO FORM ALONG W/E
CONFLUENCE BAND OVER NRN AL AS FEATURE EDGES SLOWLY SWD. IN
ADDITION...ONE OR TWO ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL PERSIST OVER E CNTRL
GA/SRN SC.
CONTINUED EWD MOTION OF 70+ KT WLY MID LEVEL SPEED MAX NOW
APPROACHING THE SRN APLCNS WILL MAINTAIN FAVORABLE KINEMATIC
ENVIRONMENT FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL/HIGH WIND.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28040.

...CORFIDI

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